Nat Towsen

Yeah, we all know who stole it.

I think we would do well to to divest from that phrasing.

But I also don't think but the reason I'm not being a nitpicker about I am being a nitpicker about it.

But the reason I'm using my powers is because.

That's a very specific kind of messaging.

That kind of nationalist messaging is almost always popularized when an authoritarian government is actually not going to meet people's needs.

And they plan on, you know, maybe meeting one small group, one cast of people's needs for a while before that dissolves.

But they plan on, you know, drastically reducing support to social services and all the other things, you know, and.

Yeah, I want to caveat that.

Oh, no, I know.

Then right behind them we can say... Don't bankrupt America in order to fund other countries.

Well, I mean, the only reason I'm drilling down on that is because the nationalist rhetoric is almost always antithetical to actually materially improving Americans' circumstances.

So when you get a bunch of people being like,

you know, fuck the rest of the world.

America is what matters.

That's like one of the most obvious forms of scapegoating of their own.

You know, hey, at least you don't have it as bad as those guys in that other country or at least, hey, thank God we're protecting you.

Yeah, obviously you can't afford school or food, but we're protecting you from those scary people and those other, like that's very, that's very baked in there.

But I think you're right.

And again, why I'm drilling down on this is I think they need to find an alternative to that America first narrative that is like,